He is the most hyped rugby player in the world currently and he’s 28 so he’s also not exactly a new kid on the block. And yet ...

Edge. Bite. Slog. These are the words McCarthy produces when looking ahead to the weekend. There’s no menace in the delivery.

Of Ireland’s four rugby provinces, the three in this year’s Investec Champions Cup share seven titles between them.

"It is almost like Munster, similar to that, it is a proper rivalry, usually it’s a bit niggly the games we play, getting hit ...

JOE McCARTHY reckons the La Rochelle rivalry is up there with Munster. Leinster visit France on Sunday for the sixth meeting in the past five seasons in the Ronan O’Gara coached La Rochelle.  The ...

Ultimately, we all have to be able to look in a mirror. If I was to lose my job, I’d be fine because I’ve never lived the lie ...

The four-time Champions Cup winners are looking in imperious form with the methods of the revered Springbok coach to the fore ...

Former Munster and Ireland great Ronan O'Gara has built a dynasty at La Rochelle - but what makes him so special?

European rugby returns this weekend for the penultimate round of the Champions Cup with Leinster travelling to face Ronan ...

It’s just 23 days until Ireland’s Six Nations opener against England at Aviva Stadium. It already feels like a ...

Last season however, it was Leinster who came out on top, with victory in France in the group stage, followed by a ...